Unpublished Newswire

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s open to having a “conversation” with her fellow premiers about rewriting parts of the constitution relating to Indigenous treaty rights. Smith told reporters on Friday that Section 35 of the constitution , which governs Crown-Indigenous relations, has been stretched beyond recognition by the courts. She said that an Alberta judge’s decision earlier this month to throw out a petition for a binding referendum, on the grounds that the province failed to meet its duty to consult with First Nations, was a prime example of this overreach...

OTTAWA — Andie Bower, a farmer for Ferme Mont-Vulley Inc., allows wildlife to roam freely on his farm but worries this won’t be possible if a new high-speed rail line gets built. “There will probably be quite a few different animals that would be displaced because of that tree line being knocked down and turned into a corridor,” said Bower. The federal government announced in February 2025 that it would plan to develop a high-speed rail network, also known as Alto, connecting the Toronto-Quebec City corridor. The $60- to $90-billion project could increase Canada’s annual GDP by 1.1...